2008 Pitchers Profiles Part 1

Pitching Staff

These are my profiles of the 2008 Harrisburg Senators Pitching staff. This is part 1 of 2, each group will have 6 player profiles. I hope to have part 2 posted at some point tomorrow.

Shairon Martis – RHP – Born 3/30/1987 – 6’1” – 175 – Bats/Throws Right
Shairon Martis enters the 2008 season ranked as the 18th best prospect in the Nationals organization. He was originally in the in San Francisco Giants organization before coming to the Nationals at the end of the 2006 season. He appeared in one game for the Senators after being aquired by the Nationals that year.

He lead the Nationals organization with 14 wins last year.

Eude Brito – LHP – Born 8/19/1978 – 5’11” – 190 – Bats/Throws Left
Edude Brito played 9 seasons in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He made 11 appearances for the Phillies during the 2005 & 2006 seasons.

Last season Brito played for Clearwater (A+) and Ottawa (AAA). He appeared in 26 games (10 starts) with a 1-6 record, 5.73 ERA

Bobby Brownlie – RHP – Born 10/5/1980 – 6’0” – 220 – Bats/Throws Right
Bobby Brownlie was originally selected by the Chicago Cubs in the first round (21st overall) of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft.

Brownlie started the 2007 season playing for Newark in the Independent League. While with Newark he had a 8-4 record, 3.41 ERA in 14 games. Later in the year he was signed by the Cleveland Indians and assigned to Akron (AA) in the Eastern League. He appeared in 9 games, 1-2 record and 3.17 ERA.

Marco Estrada – RHP – Born 7/5/1983 – 6’0” – 180 – Bats/Throws Right

Marco Estrada made three stops in the Nationals system last year (Hagerstown, GCL Nats, and Potomac). He had a combined 6-8 record, 4.85 ERA.
Started the season by going 2-0 with a 1.52 ERA for the Gulf Coast Nationals. ... made four starts and had a 27-to-6 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 23 2/3 innings...Went 1-4 with a 5.59 ERA in eight games for Class A Savannah.

Josh Hall – RHP – Born 12/16/1980 – 6’2” – 190 – Bats/Throws Right
Josh Hall was selected by the Reds in the seventh round of the June 1998 first-year player draft. He played 7 years in the Reds organization, where he appeared in 6 major league games during the 2003 season.

Hall came to the Nationals organization in 2007. He played for Harrisburg and Columbus combined to have a 3-4 record, 4.43 ERA in 31 appearances. While with Harrisburg he appeared in 28 games going 2-3, with 1 save and 3.95 ERA in 28 appearances.

Mike Hinckley – LHP – Born 10/5/1982 – 6’3” – 170 – Bats: Right - Throws Left
Mike Hinckley was drafted by the Nationals in third round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft. At one time he was one of the top prospects in all of baseball, until injuries set him back.

Hinckley played the entire 2007 season for the Senators. At the start of the season he pitched very well, at one point I mentioned to someone that I thought he could be called up if he continued to pitch so well. Not sure what happened but at some point he became very hittable (opponents combined to hit .304 against him last season). He ended the season with a 9-10 record and a 5.83 ERA in 25 games as a starter.

The 2008 season has Hinckley entering a different phase of his pitching career. He is reportedly moved to a reliever role. It will be interesting to watch how well he accepts his new role and how he performs too. When he is on he is almost not hittable, but when he gets hit early he doesn’t seem to make adjustments and recover. In my opinion this role fits him better.